Book contents
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates, Figures, and Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I The Saint
- Part II The Successors
- 3 Ilkhanid/Kartid Eras to the Timurid Age
- 4 Safavid/Mughal Eras to the Islamic Republic
- Part III The Shrine
- Part IV The Sufis
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
- Plate Section
4 - Safavid/Mughal Eras to the Islamic Republic
from Part II - The Successors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates, Figures, and Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I The Saint
- Part II The Successors
- 3 Ilkhanid/Kartid Eras to the Timurid Age
- 4 Safavid/Mughal Eras to the Islamic Republic
- Part III The Shrine
- Part IV The Sufis
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
- Plate Section
Summary
The Safavid/Shiʿi age dawned ominously in Khurasan, with Herat’s capitulation, the execution of Herat’s last Sunni shaykh al-Islam, and violence against Sunnis. Surprisingly, however, the shrine received Safavid support, from Shah Ismaʿil I and Shah ʿAbbas I. Nonetheless, endless Safavid-Uzbek wars and sectarian strife scarred Khurasan, leading members of the saint cult to find succor with kinsmen in Mughal India. During the succeeding centuries – late Safavid, Afsharid, Zand, Qajar, and Pahlawi rule – the shrine fell into disrepair and the cult withered. The founding of the (Shiʿi) Islamic Republic of Iran (1979), paradoxically, signaled the rejuvenation of the saint cult and the revivification of the shrine complex.
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- The Sufi Saint of JamHistory, Religion, and Politics of a Sunni Shrine in Shi'i Iran, pp. 73 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021